 | Izaak Walton - 1653 - 284 pages
...lives, Great foirfich, wife in all Superlatives; Tet I more freely 'would the fe gifts rejign, Then ever fortune would have made them mine And hold one minute of this holy leafure, Beyond the riches of this empty pie afure. We loom pure thoughts, welco me yejilent groves,... | |
 | Ohio. State Forestry Bureau - 1888 - 162 pages
...Which, anxious to show her The duty they owe her, Have decked themselves gayly in emerald and gold. WELCOME, pure thoughts ! welcome, ye silent groves...these courts, my soul most dearly loves ; Now the winged people of the sky shall sing My cheerful anthems to the gladsome Spring; ' And if contentment... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - 1887 - 272 pages
..." Not a. " melancholy " day. Keats's choly day. -ii poem on Autumn comes to mind ; and Crabbe's. " Welcome pure thoughts, welcome, ye silent groves ;...guests, these courts, my soul most dearly loves." Indian summer. Balzac's comparison to ripe womanhood. The significant worn walk round the mean man's... | |
 | William Howitt - 1888 - 412 pages
...master" In the loose rhymes of every poetaster — Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives; Yet I more freely...pleasure. Welcome pure thoughts ; welcome ye silent groves j These guests, these courts my soul most dearly loves. Now the winged people of the sky shall sing... | |
 | Ohio. State Forestry Bureau - 1888 - 164 pages
...Which, anxious to show her The duty they owe her, Have decked themselves gayly in emerald and gold. WELCOME, pure thoughts! welcome, ye silent groves!...these courts, my soul most dearly loves ; Now the winged people of the sky shall sing My cheerful anthems to the gladsome Spring; And if contentment... | |
 | John Cameron - 1888 - 192 pages
...and you will echo the poet who sings : — " Could I be more than any man that lives — Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives ; Yet I more freely would these gifts resign Than ever fortune should have made them mine ; And hold one minute of this holy leisure Beyond the riches of this empty... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1889 - 290 pages
...In the loose rhymes of every poetaster ; — Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives : Yet I more freely...guests, these courts, my soul most dearly loves. Now the winged people of the sky shall sing My cheerful anthems to the gladsome spring : A prayer-book now... | |
 | Charles Rufus Skinner - 1890 - 528 pages
...all dead, and its fine colors lost, Still how sweet a perfume it will yield ! THOUGHTS ON THE FOREST. WELCOME, pure thoughts ! welcome, ye silent groves...guests, these courts, my soul most dearly loves; Now the winged people of the sky shall sing My cheerful anthems to the gladsome Spring; And if contentment... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1892 - 300 pages
...master In the loose rhymes of every poetaster : Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives ; Yet I more freely...guests, these courts, my soul most dearly loves. Now the winged people of the sky shall sing My cheerful anthems to the gladsome spring: A prayer-book, now,... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh - 1892 - 326 pages
...master In the loose rhymes of every poetaster ; Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives ; Yet I more freely...these courts, my soul most dearly loves : Now the winged people of the sky shall sing My cheerful anthems to the gladsome spring ; A Prayer-book now... | |
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In the loose rhymes of every poetaster ; Could I be more than any man that lives, Great, fair, rich, wise, all in superlatives ; Yet I more freely would these gifts resign, Than ever Fortune would have made them mine ; And hold one minute of this holy... 
